absmiami Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 Pico - gracias - is my Bizzarini Manta done yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 7 hours ago, absmiami said: Dave V - don’t surrender to the Tullias IMSA Jag ! I’ve got The UMI kit also - im certain that it’s buildable - maybe - lets do a build thread together on this sucker next yr !! Long ago and far away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 Ya see - it can be built … or was this the Lemans Miniatures kit ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 8 hours ago, absmiami said: Ya see - it can be built … or was this the Lemans Miniatures kit ? UMI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 You see dave V - we can do this ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 The starter was cribbed fr the Veber/Bradford GTO kit w few changes … the exhaust is one of the UMI kit parts that was quite good … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffman Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 2 hours ago, absmiami said: Cool- Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbash1 Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 On 10/8/2021 at 6:30 PM, Straightliner59 said: "My uncle has a country place That no one knows about"...Neil Ellwood Peart, The Red Barchetta. He said it use to be a farm before the Motor Law. On Sunday's I elude the eye's and hop the turbine fright to fall outside the wire, where my white haired uncle waits... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 The Weber carbs - three instead of six on the GTO engine - are painted with Tamiya metallic gray w a splash of mica silver - reminds me of the Testors Metalizer anadonic gray - nice finish for Webers - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 That color is excellent! I'll need to remember that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 This is the Weber 36 DCF - which was the go-to carb for most 125 series Ferrari V12s. From a great old book on early Ferraris by Merritt … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 The UMI kit actually had very good carb castings - i just cleaned one up and added some of the adjustment screws and bolts - and had brad cast them … 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 The carb castings slide in and out of the V - allowing me to check the fit and install the plug wires - 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I really like the work you're doing with the engine. Not sure how much that's saying, as I think all your work is impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 9, 2023 Author Share Posted December 9, 2023 Thanks straight - doing the carb and plug wire install - back to front - 2 wires - carb - then 4 wires - 2nd carb - its crowded in the V - wanted very much to do the carb linkage - but the cranks and levers would be fighting for space - so not on the Barchetta - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 9, 2023 Author Share Posted December 9, 2023 I will be able to add the fuel line - the nickel fittings just fit in between the tops of the carbs - they are soldered up from .015 nickel rod and .07 nickel tube - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 9, 2023 Author Share Posted December 9, 2023 Once the carbs are attached i can finish and glue on the timing chain cover and the cam covers … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 Cam covers on plug wires into looms alternator on - fuel filter added Oil filler pipe glued to base of sump - plus oil dip-stick … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 Got one distibutor on - with plug wires - a tight fit - now for an eng bay fitting - and naturally - engine doesnt quite fit - the distr interferes with the bulkhead - and the base of the timing chain cover interferes w the bottom cross brace - but the misses are small - bout a scale inch - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 Relief city - some careful sanding and grinding corrects the fit and the engine is down on its four mounts - so now ill glue on the right hand distr … 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Looking very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 Its air box Saturday - the kit casting needs some trimming - but its quite good … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 I added some pegs to the base and a tapered air scoop - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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